The two articles

The article “Before I Go” is Paul Kalanithi explaining what he wants to do before he dies and he wants to live  long enough, so that his daughter will remember him. He is a neurosurgical training at Stanford University but he was diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer. Paul says he started to get symptoms as the time went on. he enjoyed being in the OR because he knew what to do and when to do it. Paul also knew the strategies of what you should do as a surgeon. In the article “My Marriage didn’t end When I came a Widow” Lucy Kalanithi talks about how she was emotionally when he died. Lucy felt like she couldn’t live her life without him. Lucy and Paul met in 2003 as first-year medical students at Stanford University. They got married and 10 years after they met Paul’s health level had began to fall. They had planned to go to Portugal for their 20^th anniversary, where they spent their honeymoon but when they found out about Paul’s heath they immediately went.  Paul was getting weaker every day the chemotherapy was coming out of his skin, it was very painful and he couldn’t do what he wanted.  Paul started to write about training as a neurosurgeon and then learning that he had only a year or two to live, which led to a book proposal. They had a daughter named Cady and Paul wanted to spend his last with his family. Lucy couldn’t sleep very well without Paul and she always tried to sleep with the pillow that he died on to sleep better. One day she went out to where he was buried and rested next to him and got some sleep because she knew that he was laying right next to her. Lucy began to start moving on by taking her wedding ring off 6 months later she thinks it was time.

The day that changed my life

There was a day that changed my life. My sister passed away in September which is the month of her birthday her birthday is September 24. That day was a wonderful day for her because she wanted to have all her family there for her birthday and they came and celebrated with her on her special day. There was family all around where she was so I really couldn’t get to her like I wanted to and my mind was somewhere else it was my schoolwork I had to take a test online and I was very upset about it because I could’ve been with my sister spending time with her. I got done with my test and I tried to go sit by her for a little while so we could talk but it was a lot of noise in the background so we just sat there. I went outside to go spend some time with the family I’ve been outside most of the time until it was time to sing happy birthday to her. She couldn’t have the cake smashed in her face because of her oxygen so I did for her. When we were singing happy birthday to her she had a good spirit and was dancing like she always did. Somehow, she knew that it was her last day to be with us. I was too busy being outside with the rest of the family that I didn’t really have time to spend the day with my sister. Something told me to leave the house and go to the store or something so I did and on the way back I felt something was wrong so when I pulled up at the house my cousin told me to come in the house and she was crying and somebody else said “she doesn’t know yet do she” so I was really worried about my sister so I tried to run inside to see what was wrong and she passed away. It’s been very hard for me to realize that she is gone but I know that she is still here in spirit. She has gotten sick and weak to really do anything but she made it through her birthday and she was very happy. My advice to you all is to make sure you spend a lot of time with your loved ones because you don’t know when it’s there last.

First Exam

Margo Gould

The first major exam today was kind of confusing to me because I didn’t know how to put my thoughts into a sentence to make sense. However, it went ok today I know that I could’ve done better on my sentences. It met my expectations because I knew that I would have to write a lot but not on every question. I would like to have multiple choice questions on the test or maybe two short answers at the end of the test. I prepared for the test by writing down all the definitions down and reading them out loud so I can remember them good, I also close my eyes and quiz myself or I ask my mom to quiz me so that I can be prepared for the questions to the test. One of my techniques of studying is writing my notes down repeatedly and saying them out loud it helps me remember. The part of my preparation that was successful was that I remembered the definition of the words and I remembered what I wrote down. The other part of the preparation would be quizzing myself and asking and answering the questions that I think would be on the test. I would change my studying time for next time because I really wasn’t prepared for this test. I studied at the last minute and that’s probably why I wasn’t so sure about my sentences. I’ll know to study and read more next time around.

Dear Rollins,

I agree with the first quote at the beginning of the video because it’s true that some people come from nothing but still get ahead in life. They usually don’t really know how to earn money because they always were given the money. They’ll just have to learn how to earn the money and work hard at how to survive in the world. If you do come from nothing you shouldn’t let that hold you back. The suggestions that he gave us in the video were very good. We should be very single-minded because you wouldn’t have to worry about anybody else. Being single-minded means that you are set on one goal and that’ll be your own. Putting your mind to whatever that you want to succeed in life can set that goal of you being successful.  There are a lot of people that come from the bottom and goes straight to the top because they are single-minded. People need to realize that you’ve got what you got and there’s no turning back. I personally disagree because you can always fix your mistakes and never do it again. The younger you are the more single-minded you are. You should achieve your goals while your still young and have monastic obsession stay motivated and stymied while achieving that goal.

Introducing my life

I’m Margo Gould I’m 18 years of age and I come from a large family. I was born and raised in Bryan, TX, I grew up with a family of two. There was my mother and my sister I was the youngest in the family. My mother and my sister is my whole support system. I’m very energetic and a family oriented person. Although I’m young and I’ve had a lot of life challenges, however, I am a person that likes to be in a positive environment. In my spare time, I like to play basketball because I enjoy it and it keeps me active. It matters to me because it calms me down from all of the stress that was given upon me. I am very good and competitive at playing basketball. In spite of the challenges I’ve faced in my life there are two goals that I’m aiming to achieve. Nursing is the main goal that I want to achieve because that is the major that I have chosen to come to college for because I want to learn more about the human body. I have recently started classes college class and I am looking to take prerequisites for nursing. The other goal is to produce music because I enjoy playing and listening to music. I come from a music family who loves to sing and play instruments. At the end of all of my accomplishments I want my whole entire family to be there to help celebrate my achievements. There are ones that I’d really appreciate to be there and they are the ones that inspired me to achieve my goals. They are the reason why I made it that far in life because they kept me motivated.